CITIZEN ACTION TO CONTROL CRIME AND DELINQUENCY - FIFTY PROJECTS. REV. ED.

• NCJ Number: 15406
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 63 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Sale Source: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CATALOGUE LISTS CITIZEN ACTION PROJECTS FOR CRIME PREVENTION, POLICE, COURTS, AND CORRECTIONS, WHICH MAY BE UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC CRIME-RELATED OR CRIME-CAUSING PROBLEMS.

Abstract

THE 20 PREVENTION PROGRAMS LISTED INCLUDE PROJECTS TO AID SPECIAL OR TROUBLED CHILDREN, TO HELP YOUTH IN SCHOOLS, TO ESTABLISH ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH, TO PROTECT BUSINESSES AND HOMES, AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH. TEN POLICE-RELATED CITIZEN ACTION PROGRAMS ARE DESCRIBED. AMONG THESE ARE PROJECTS TO ESTABLISH A STATE POLICE COMMISSION, TO UPDATE POLICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, TO EMPLOY AUXILIARIES FOR POLICE, TO ESTABLISH POLICE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, AND TO INSTITUTE POLICE YOUTH COUNCILS. PROJECTS RELATING TO THE FAMILY COURT, RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE PROGRAMS, SENTENCING OF THE DANGEROUS OFFENDER, AND HELPING, IN MOB PROSECUTION ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE CORRECTIONS ARE PRESENTED. CITIZEN SUPPORT FOR YOUTH SERVICES AND PLANNING BUREAUS, ALTERNATIVES TO INSTITUTIONALIZATION, ADVISORY COUNCILS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTION AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS IN PRISONS ARE AMONG THE PROGRAMS LISTED.